Online play
New game → Online is the online pane: sign in once, and it shows the tables of the game you are in. Online games run on Broccolideck’s service: nothing is hosted on your device, so a game carries on whether or not you are there, at the pace it was made with.
What you can do
Section titled “What you can do”- Open a table that anyone may join, or a private one that needs its code.
- Join by code: a friend’s table, typed into Have a code?.
- Find a match: the service pairs you with whoever has waited longest for the same game and pace. Ranked matches count towards your rating.
- Watch any game that allows spectators: no sign-in needed, from a link.
- Chat with the other player, when you both turn it on (Chat).
The tables list shows each table’s players, pace, kind (open, private, ranked) and status; your own games are at the top. Play on a table that is playing takes you to it.
A table is made with a pace, which sets its clock:
| Pace | Clock |
|---|---|
| Live 10, 20 (the default) or 40 | A chess clock with that many minutes a side; out of time loses. |
| Live, a minute a decision | One minute per decision; a seat that runs out has the game answer for it, and three such in a row forfeit. |
| A move an hour, a day, or two days | Turn-based: that long per move, the same rule, two time-outs in a row forfeit (one, in a ranked game). |
| Friendly | No clock; closed after forty days without a move. |
The clock is on the table, by each seat. In a turn-based game the app can be closed and opened later: the game waits, and the service wakes it when a deadline passes.
Playing online needs an account (Account). How many games you can have going at once, and how many replays you can keep, depend on your tier: one game for everyone, more with a pledge on Patreon. A table you are in that has not ended, and a match you are waiting for, count towards it.
Fair play and versions
Section titled “Fair play and versions”Every move is checked by the service with the same rules your app plays by, and each player is sent only what they may see. A game finishes on the rules it started with: when a game’s rules are updated, the games already going carry on as they were, and the app tells you when an update is needed to start new ones.